“Xbox 360 players often complained ‘why aren’t these parts voiced?’, so when making the PS3 version we first set about improving the voicing … As a result, the entire main scenario became fully voiced.”

“We’d be delighted if those who played the Xbox 360 version would play the PS3 version too. Of course the same goes for those playing for the first time.”

“We made a lot of changes we think Xbox 360 players would be sure to appreciate.”

“There are a lot of elements from the Xbox 360 version which were improved, so please give it a try.”

“Based on the feedback so kindly provided by Xbox 360 players, we added a lot of additional elements.”

Replace “Xbox 360” with “beta” and “players” with “testers” for full effect.

It’s official, Bandai-NAMCO are the biggest bastards in the game industry. Between the nickel and dime DLC-whoring and the acrobatics they pulled to screw over 360 customers, it would take a miracle for anyone else to make a sleazier name for themself.

it’s hilarious bullshit like this that makes me glad I don’t own ANY console. The minute the Internet and hard drives became available you knew they were going to fuck the goat – patches for consoles, firmware updates, etc they’re all bullshit. A console should JUST WORK. 24/7.

I play my video games on a PC, where upgrades and progress are a known factor, and when any company tried shenanigans like this, they’d be demolished by piracy.

This anonymous with no life and who answers with the caps-lock continually on, really has a problem. And lol half his post saying to other people "you are stupid" "you are an idiot" and other mesmerizing words like that.
Oh! yes let's not forget. BETA, BETA, BETA, BETA, BETA!!!!! lol. Better stop before he gets a heart attack.

I dont ever recall this flame war with the NES/SNES era. We were lucky we got descent arcade ports just so we wouldn’t have to Dump our lunch moneys in the Arcade, but now days.. WOW.. Beta this. Beta that.. This much Resolution textures, that much resolution textures.. Voice, no voice.. WTF exclusives, timed exclusive.. Exclusive DL’s, Extra Armor.. Blah Blah Blah.. People dont seem to enjoy their games any more and get their money’s worth. I’m still playing Oblivion for 360 and Metal gear solid for PS3 and other games i have not completed so i think i’m getting my money’s worth with every purchase. I’m enjoy’n the experience but for you trolls out there nitpicking about a port of a game a year later then show me some sort of financial loss of your stock investment in Microsoft, or the company who made the game cuz that’s the only reason u should even be bitching about.

“Beta testers often complained ‘why aren’t these parts voiced?’, so when making the PS3 version we first set about improving the voicing … As a result, the entire main scenario became fully voiced.”
“We’d be delighted if those who played the beta version would play the full version too. Of course the same goes for those playing for the first time.”
“We made a lot of changes we think them beta testers would be sure to appreciate.”
“There are a lot of elements from the beta version which were improved, so please give it a try.”
“Based on the feedback so kindly provided by the beta testers, we added a lot of additional elements.”

According to the Jewish Agency for Israel, as of 2007 there were 13.2 million MILFS worldwide, 5.4 million of whom lived in Israel, 5.3 million in the United States, and the remainder distributed in communities of varying sizes around the world;

I say that they should just allow microsoft to release the new content of the ps3 version as a downloadable update on the xbox… Of course that would kill the ps3 versions sales so hence it won’t happen guaranteed. And if it did Microsoft would prolly label it an expansion and charge 20$ for it. I’d enjoy replaying the game with the new stuff (or stuff removed from the original) but I’m not willing to buy a new system to try it! So jaa it really irritates me x3

Well, for all people complaining about the “beta test”, get used to it. Ports of a game with new content happens a lot, it has been like that for the last what? 20 or so years? Its interesting to see people even talking about suing namco, but they defend their beloved micro$oft to the death, even tho they have been through 3 hardware revisions to fix a problem that should never have existed in the first place.

Wow you’re real clever. Adding that dollar sign to the company name, but still failing to realize “$ony” does the same thing.

Let’s put it in retard terms.
A russian man will obviously say “There is nothing wrong with russia, fuck america.”
A US man will say “There is nothing wrong with america, fuck russia.”
Yet both are retards who are ignorant of their own country’s wrong doings. Wii would be china, overpopulated and shitty quality.

The moral behind the story is to always wait for the PS3 version. I bought the limited edition of Star Ocean 4 before getting a 360 just to play it, and now I found out they are releasing the PS3 version in February so I sold it and will just wait for the PS3 version instead.

Also not having a blu-ray reader in the 360 kinda sucks with all the annoying discswapping that is needed.

As if waiting 1 year to play the same thing at full price is better than playing it when it comes out. By the time ps3 gets it another game for another console is already in the works. This one being Graces, which looks like it will rape the shit out of Vesperia.

Well, THAT’S a good way to convince your customers you’re playing straight with them: openly admit you were using them as testers and you expect them to buy the game twice. It’s a good thing I don’t give a flying fuck about the Tales series any more because I’m damned if I’d buy it on PS3.

srsly, some people nowadays care so much about graphics, they would probably wait all night in front of a store to buy a game that renders a 3d model of a giant penis on the screen, just because it runs at native 1080p, with lots of anti-aliasing and bloom effects.

well anyone in their right mind thought ToV was going to stay exclusive must have been delusional since it is a JRPG and japan is dominated by the wii and ps3.IF you 360 fans want to blame anyway direct it towards M$ since they clearly knew this was going to happen but said nothing of it like every other xbox “exclusive” are actually timed and also your fanbase for not supporting JRPGs enough.

Played it and beat it. I think if I had a PS3 I would buy it since I didn’t do so for the Xbox360. Not that great of a game but perhaps it would warrant a PS3 title but, then again, there ARE the PS3 exclusives worth mentioning like MGS4 and playing through the Resistance series.
With that said, I wish they would care more about making another “Tales of” game so that this nonsense would dissipate forever. What happened to another Ace Combat? I love that series so much and have yet to hear news of another one in the works. /end rant

LOL actually, I was waiting for a comment just like the one you posted. =P

That aside, there’s been a strange influx of X-Box and PS3 articles recently, huh? Artefact has said before that he’s not affected by comments because of how small a percentage they represent the actual readership, but I wonder if he really doesn’t care as much as he says he doesn’t (perhaps because the comments are also part of the entertainment for much of the readership?) Heh, just a wonderance, tho =P

It’s not the matter of fanboy/crying, its the matter of law suing. I didn’t pay 60 bucks for a beta, and this is me who has the 360 AND the ps3. I simply bought the 360 version cause it came out faster -_- now I’m sitting with a 60 dollar beta. If I knew the ps3 version was the “real” version, I would’ve waited for it and bought that. I want my money back dammit.

Yeah, I should sue for my copy of FF1 back on the NES too. I played this GBA version a while back, and there was all kinds of new stuff! I paid good money for that NES game, how dare they add stuff to it on a different console and release it!

yea, you paid for the $60 360 version. at a time when no PS3 version was announced. you bought what they offered. they never labeled it the beta version. they never labeled it the complete never again to be modified or added to version. they labeled it Tales of Vesperia, which is what you bought. if you know anything about jrpgs you should know that its a good chance no matter what that it’ll get an enhanced version (that no one but Japan usually sees).
bottom line, go ahead waste you money and try to sue, you won’t win. there was no fraud. they put out the product they said they would and you bought it. You can’t sue George Lucas because he enhanced the original Star Wars trilogy later. you can’t sue other movies that make the later dvd director’s cuts. you can’t sue software makers who make an upgraded version just because you went ahead and bought the inferior version because it was out sooner (you can’t even claim that they OWE you updates unless the product claims it will provide them to you. if you bought an update-less product, thats your problem). you bought the version you bought, which is what they were offering. period.

I MEAN, IF YOU THINK THIS IS WORTH GETTING EVEN SLIGHTLY UPSET ABOUT, AND YOU THINK THAT THE WORD “BETA” IS APPLICABLE, I HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE EITHER 13 OR KNOW ABSOLUTELY JACK SHIT ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

Screw Namco and that BS. I think Microsoft or someone should sue their asses. You’d have to be pretty damn arrogant to have people beta test something for one console, then come out with a better game for another console, and ask the beta testers to then play it AGAIN, and invest more money into it.. This is why I hate Namco so much… what dicks.

It’s microsofts fault in the first place for their pathetic exclusive deals. The game is exclusive on 360 for a year, at which point a better version is released on the PS3. It’s Microsoft that makes this sort of pathetic excuse for game development possible.